Biography
Instructor
- Clinical Science
Dr. Roya Lewis is a Southern California Permanente Medical Group practitioner serving as the assistant chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente Sylmar Medical Offices in Sylmar, California.
Roya Lewis, MD
Education and Training
- Degrees
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BS, cum laude,
University of California, San Diego
MD, St. George’s University School of Medicine
- Residency
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Chief Resident,
Department of Psychiatry, Temple University Hospital
- Fellowship
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Fellow,
geriatric psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute
Prior Positions
- Attending Psychiatrist
- Nanda and Associates Medical Group
- 2006-2008
- Attending Psychiatrist
- Kaiser Permanente Sylmar Medical Offices
- 2008-present
- Assistant Chief, Psychiatry Department
- Kaiser Permanente Sylmar Medical Offices
- 2018-present
Honors and Awards
- Psychiatry Award, Honorable Mention
- American Association for Emergency Psychiatry
- 2004
- Chairman’s Award for Leadership
- Department of Psychiatry, Temple University
- 2004
- Stepping Stone Award
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- 2005
- Charles Shagass, MD Award
- Department of Psychiatry, Temple University
- 2005
Selected Publications
- Peer-reviewed research manuscripts
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- Zitek B, Lewis R, O’Donnell J, Dubin WR. Assessment and Management of Patients Who Make Threats against the President in the Psychiatric Emergency Service. Psychiatric Services 2005 56:1017-1020.
- Lewis R, Wald D, Curtis M, Lamdan R. Gender Bias in Diagnosing Standardized Patients. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 18:177-82, 2006.
- Lewis R, Lamdan RM, Wald DA, Curtis M: Gender Bias in the Diagnosis of a Geriatric Standardized Patient: A potential confounding variable. Acad Psychiatry. 2006 Sep-Oct;30(5):392-6.
- Presentations
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- Volkman E, Lewis R, et al. Drug Companies in Training Clinics: Economic Necessity Versus Undue Influence. Proceedings of Annual Meetings, American Psychiatric Association, May 2005.
- Lewis R, Wald D, Curtis M, Lamdan R. Gender Bias in Diagnosing Standardized Patients. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting, Association for Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, June 2006.